Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough

The Earl of Ellenborough
Portrait by Frederick Richard Say, c. 1845
Governor-General of India
In office
28 February 1842 – June 1844
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterSir Robert Peel
Preceded byThe Earl of Auckland
Succeeded byWilliam Wilberforce Bird
(acting Governor-General)
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
1818 – 22 December 1871
Preceded byThe 1st Baron Ellenborough
Succeeded byThe 3rd Baron Ellenborough
Member of Parliament
for Mitchell
In office
1813–1818
Preceded byGeorge Hobart
Succeeded bySir George Staunton
President of the Board of Control
In office
6 March 1858 – 5 June 1858
Preceded byThe Lord Lyvedon
Succeeded byLord Stanley
In office
4 September 1841 – 23 October 1841
Preceded bySir John Jobhouse
Succeeded byThe Lord FitzGerald and Vesey
In office
18 September 1834 – 23 April 1835
Preceded byThe Lord Glenelg
Succeeded bySir John Jobhouse
In office
17 September 1828 – 1 December 1830
Preceded byThe Viscount Melville
Succeeded byThe Lord Glenelg
First Lord of the Admiralty
In office
1846–1846
Preceded byThe Earl of Haddington
Succeeded byThe Earl of Auckland
Personal details
Born(1790-09-08)8 September 1790
Died22 December 1871(1871-12-22) (aged 81)
Southam House, Gloucestershire
NationalityBritish
Political partyTory
Conservative
Spouses
Lady Octavia Stewart
(m. 1813; died 1819)
(m. 1824; div. 1830)
Parents
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge

Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, GCB, PC (8 September 1790 – 22 December 1871), was a British Tory politician. He was four times President of the Board of Control and also served as Governor-General of India between 1842 and 1844.[1]

  1. ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 289.